MATSHI 22 SANTA LEA

Ubomi bale ngcwele baziwa kuthi kuphela ngemibhalo ka-St. Jerome, othetha ngayo kwileta eyayisiya kumfazi opholileyo uMarcella, opopayi woluntu oluphantse lube yimonastri lwabafazi kwindawo yakhe yokuhlala eAventine. U-Lea naye uvela kusapho oluhloniphekileyo: umhlolokazi esemncinci, kwakubonakala ngathi uza kutshata nomntu oqaqambileyo, uVezzio Agorio Pretestato, obizelwe ukuba athathe isidima se-Consul. Kodwa endaweni yoko wangena kuluntu lwaseMarcella, apho iZibhalo zifundwa khona kwaye kuthandazwa kunye, behlala benyulu kwaye behlwempuzekile. Ngolu khetho, uLea uguqula iindlela kunye nesingqisho sobomi bakhe. UMarcella unentembelo epheleleyo kuye: kangangokuba emnika umsebenzi wokwenza abafazi abancinci kubomi bokholo nakwindlela yokuzifihla nothuleyo. Xa uGirolamo ethetha ngayo, ngo-384, uLea wayesele efile. (Ixesha elizayo)

UMTHANDAZO ESANTA LEA

USanta Lea, yiba ngumfundisi-ntsapho wethu,
Sifundise,
ukulandela uLizwi,
njengoko wenzile,
ngokuzola nangamisebenzi.
Ukuze babe ngabakhonzi abathobekileyo,
kwabahlwempuzekileyo nabagulayo.
Ngothando nokunyaniseka,
ukukholisa inkosi yethu.
Amen